Tons of debuts: Gary Numan, The Slits, Gang of Four, This Heat, Alphaville and Voivod. Plus, Siouxsie and the Banshees help invent post punk. Frank Zappa does Rock Opera. Yellow Magic Orchestra meld disco with synthpop. Wire get more diverse. Iron Maiden get proggier. Depeche Mode write songs. Robyn Hitchcock has fun.

35th Anniversary of

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Join Hands by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Cut by The Slits

Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa

Entertainment! by Gang of Four

Solid State Survivor by Yellow Magic Orchestra

This Heat

154 by Wire

30th Anniversary of

Powerslave by Iron Maiden

Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode

Forever Young by Aphaville

I Often Dream of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock

Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads

War and Pain by Voivod